Unit 1

Question 1

Radiography

Answer 1

use of gamma rays, radio waves, high frequency sound waves, and/or radioactive substances

Question 2

Who discovered X rays ?

Answer 2

Wilhem Conrad Roentgen

Question 3

When did Wilhelm discover the x-ray?

Answer 3

November 8, 1895

Question 4

What was the first x-ray published ?

Answer 4

Wilhelm’s wife’s left hand

Question 5

Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize in Physics?

Answer 5

Marie Curie (died July 4, 1934)

Question 6

Who invented the tube for the x-ray in the 1870s

Answer 6

William Crooke

Question 7

What is a radiologic technologist?

Answer 7

R.T. (R) (ARRT); certified person to use radiation and/or radioactive substances to produce images of the internal structures of the body for interpretation by a radiologist

Question 8

What credentials are needed to be a radiologist technologist?

Answer 8

You need continuing qualification requirements (CQR) every 10 years and continuing education credits (CEC) every 2 years for 24 credits

Question 9

what is a radiographer?

Answer 9

licensed person who takes the images and sets up body positions

Question 10

what is a radiologist ?

Answer 10

the doctor who reads the images and diagnosis patients and treats injuries; certified by the American Board of Education

Question 11

what is the schooling to be a radiologist?

Answer 11

bachelors, 4years in med school, 4 years in residency, and 1-2 years in fellowship

Question 12

What is the ASRT?

Answer 12

American Society of Radiologic Technologists

Question 13

What are practice standards?

Answer 13

define the practice of radiography and establish general criteria to determine compliance for those who work in imaging; important for our careers

Question 14

What is the practice standards format?

Answer 14

intro, scope of practice, clinical performance standards, quality performance standards, professional performance standards, advisory opinion standards

Question 15

what is ALARA?

Answer 15

as low as reasonably achievable

Question 16

what is the ARRT ?

Answer 16

American Registry of Radiologic Technologists; boards that give credits, RA’s, MRI, CT,etc

Question 17

what are the diagnostic radiography?

Answer 17

general diagnostic: 2d imaging
fluro- live imaging
portable: bedside
operating
trauma

Question 18

What is computed tomography ?

Answer 18

(R) (CT)(ARRT)
discovered in 72’ and uses a gamtry camera (images in slices); creates detailed images of internal organs, bones, soft tissue and blood vessels

Question 19

what is magnetic resonance imaging ?

Answer 19

(R)(MR)(ARRT)
discovered in 77’ and doesn’t use radiation at all but seen in slices
uses bore camera (large magnet)
image for non-bony parts or soft tissues of the body

Question 20

what is advanced interventional radiography?

Answer 20

(AIR) uses fluro to watch vessels and treat condition and is a sterile technique

Question 21

What are the two categories under AIR?

Answer 21

cardiac interventional radiography (R)(CI)(ARRT)
vascular interventional radiography (R)(VI)(ARRT)

Question 22

what is mammography?

Answer 22

(R)(M)(ARRT)
examination of the breast around age 40 unless there is family history; detects minuit cancer; uses tomosynthesis- slices, 3D

Question 23

what is bone densitometry?

Answer 23

DEXA- another word for bone density & stands for dual energy x-ray absorpitometry
looks for osteoporosis

Question 24

what is diagnostic medical sonography ?

Answer 24

(R)(S)(ARRT) or (VS) or (BS)
images from the uses high frequency sound waves, no radiation and live
certified through ARDMS or ARRT

Question 25

what are some facts about ultrsounds?

Answer 25

the equipment is a computer (CPV) and transducers (each for something different); used for pregnancy, abdomen, and extremities or vascular (finds blood clots)

Question 26

what is radiation therapy?

Answer 26

RT(T)(ARRT)
high radiation treatment that is used for cancer
the oncologist and the (T) work closely together

Question 27

what is nuclear medicine?

Answer 27

RT(N)(ARRT)
use of radioactive material for diagnosis; uses gamma camera but the radiation comes from the patient; board is NMTCB

Question 28

what is fusion therapy?

Answer 28

PET CT Or MRI
test to detect Alzheimer’s and test the heart

Question 29

what is a nuclear medicine advanced associate?

Answer 29

a step below a physician and they are authorized to use radioactive materials to enhance patient care
need nuc med experience for two years min.

Question 30

what is a radiologist assistant?

Answer 30

RT(R)(ARRT)
advanced level radiographer who extends the capacity of the radiologist; must be RT certified
cannot dictate and diagnose

Question 31

staff technologist working in one or more settings; can pass or fail you; in department ?

Answer 31

mentor

Question 32

school faculty in one on one classroom or clinical setting; professor; in department?

Answer 32

clinical preceptor

Question 33

school faculty teaches in classroom only?

Answer 33

didactic faculty member

Question 34

teaching responsibilities and administrative duties; makes clinical schedule; oversees clinicals ?

Answer 34

clinical coordinator

Question 35

teaching but mainly admin; can teach but strictly in admin?

Answer 35

program director

Question 36

what is administration?

Answer 36

clinical supervisor, management of modalities and directors; CRA not always needed

Question 37

what is quality management ?

Answer 37

(R)(QM)(ARRT)
the technical end; data management of quality on the technical end; on the job or PACS

Question 38

what is PACS?

Answer 38

picture achieving communication system; 1982 1st large scale system; where pictures are stored when taken; can be done at home

Question 39

what is quality assurance vs control

Answer 39

QC-specific in equipment, safety, tested quarterly
QA- timeliness; patient satisfactions and care

Question 40

what is industrial?

Answer 40

RDNS
takes x-rays of pipelines, castings, etc